Solitary rectal ulcer syndrome

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1617-1623

  Vaizey, C J ^a   Van Den Bogaerde, J B ^b   Emmanuel, A V ^b   Talbot, I C ^b   Nicholls, R J ^b   Kamm, M A ^b  

^a MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; DATA BASE; DEFECATION; HUMAN; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTOPEXY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECTUM MUCOSA; RECTUM ULCER;

HUMANS; RECTAL DISEASES; SYNDROME; ULCER;

EID: 0031794692     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1998.00935.x     Document Type: Article

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